Latest Coronavirus Updates & Resources

Families First Act

Families First Act: Response to the COVID-19 Webcast
Tuesday, March 31, 2:00 PM

Heather E. Kimmel, General Counsel for the United Church of Christ, will offer a webcast on the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which will require many churches to increase paid leave for employees under certain circumstances.

Register for the webinar here

More information about the law and its impact on churches can be found here.

Faith & Finances

At their weekly online conversation Thursday, the Bridge Conference Ministers talked with By Rev. Andrew Warner, Generosity Outreach Officer for the United Church of Christ, about ways churches can encourage generosity during this time.

Watch a recording

Access Andrew's guidebook, Extravagent Generosity During a Pandemic

Transition or Transformation?

David Cleaver-Bartholomew writes: "I frequently hear people express their strong desire for us to transition out of this pandemic and return to basically what life was before it struck ... While I completely understand this, I humbly disagree."

Read the full post

What We're Seeing;
What We're Learning

In this interview with UCC General Minister and President John Dorhauer, Bridge Conference Minister Kent Siladi says: "I don't think churches can go backwards from this."

Watch here

Coronavirus Resource Section Expanded

Your Conference Staff is working to curate and post numerous resources to help in this current time. The Coronavirus Page now has the following sections:

Finances, Family First Response Act & Conducting Business
Outreach Ideas and Resources
Pastoral Care for Others & Self
Resources for Ministry with Children, Youth and Families
Worship & Nurturing Community Online

Please visit www.sneucc.org/coronavirus

Weekly Conversation with the Bridge Conference Ministers

Thursday, April 2, at 1:30 PM the three Bridge Conference Ministers will be joined by Rev. Rev. Matthew Crebbin, pastor of the Newtown Congregational Church, UCC, speaking on his lessons learned from ministering during a disaster.

Watch via Zoom or Facebook - find out more here.